Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-01-21

S'"s Suc iuuh "us wealthy, ana cviuently Ito
nicre adventurcr; It was raniored TINT llc was
courageous and manly; but oven those wlio
delighted In his odd hunior were shocked Mt
his grammar AMI slang. 1t was said TINT
Mr. Marvin hal but ono interview with his
fathcf-ln-law elect, and returned SO SUI
prunicly disSiistctl TINT tho match was broken
OH. Tho horse stealing story, morc or less
gnrblctl, found its way through lips that pre-
tendctl to dccry 1t, yot eagerly rc,,catc, it.
Only ono member of the Rightbosly family
elid now oNc--S,ve,l them from utter os-
tacisin' IL YVES young Mr.. Ryder, the
adopted son OF the prospective head OF tho
household, Whose culture, manners and rcM-
eral elegance fascinated and thrilled llo,ton
with now sensation. 1t seemed to many
& III Alice sl,ould, IN the vicinity OF this
r...r exotic, tor.;et her former enthusiasm for
professional lie; but tue young man was
l'.''Nl IT, co,'irt., aud various plans for ,li-
N,rtiiy himI from any mcsallianco with tho
idshtboiy family were concoctcSl.
1t Nyas wintry night, and tho second fIfi-
niversary of aIr. dghtbodys death, that a
li.,hl was burning In his library. Eut tho
dead mans chair WINS occupied by young MIR.
Ryder, adopted SON OF tho nrw proprietor OF
the mnnsiol,: and before him stood Alice,
With her dark eyes fixed on tho table.
"'.hcir must hnvn been something In Il, ,l,,,,
believe me. Did yon never hear your father
siNuk VI ml,ic."
Never"
"Tut yousa hu was college bred, and born
gentleman, and IN his you;h ", must have
had many fricnds."
Alice" said tho young mnn grevcly, "'rhcn
l have done something to redeem my pnmo
and wear 1t ugnin before these people, before
you, It would 10 well to revive the past, Dut
till thcn.----"
hut Alice was not TO bo put down. II rc.
member" sho went OH, scarcely needing him,
"thnt when cnmv In tint night papa was
reading letter and beon,cd TO bo tiscon.
ccrtcl."
"A lcttorr
YES; but addod Alice, with asl. III, nwhcn
wa foun'l him hero inscnsiblo, there was no
letter on his person. lIu must hive dc.troyotl
H."
odd yon ever look ninopg hts Iaporsi II
found 1t might b. clcw.n
Tho young nlnii glanced toward tho cnbi.
net. Alice r'a,l his nyes and n,swcrrl.
"0h, dnar, mol Tho cabinet contained only
his papers, NIL perfectly arrnnged--you know
how mcthNISeyal wcN his habits some
oia'cmffs II private letters, ull carefully
put away" .Nsp-~
Ing. .Ia5
They opened draw 5Sswcr; illos
uDou tllu1 of lettui,a ~ ,o,,..,s, ,,
rately folded and }mly Ale, ut.
tered n little cry nnd picked lil,a quaint ivory
paper khifo lying ut tho bottom Of drawer.
ut was missing tho next dny nn,l never
could hc found; llo must havo mIsnid It here.
This Is tho drawer, snid Alico cnserly.
Hero was Glow. But tho lower pnrt of
the drawer WINS filled with oil lettcln not Ia.
belcd. yet neatly arranged IN ilcs. Suddenly
ho stopped nid s,Id "put tiiom bsck, Alike,
at once"
"Whyf
"sSomc of these letters nrc IN my fnthrr's
handwriting"
The moro rcnson why should Soo them, {"
said the girl imporatiyely. "IIctr, You takc
part nnd Ill take part aud we'll get tl,rousl,
quicker
Ihcre wns a certain decision nnd lndcpcnd-
cnco In her manner which ho had lcarncd to
respect Hc took tho lettcrs und IN silence
rca'i thcni with her. Thoy wcro old college
letters, 80 filed with boyL,h dreams, nmbi-
TORS, aspirations, and Utopni, theories tfnt
fear neither of these young people even
recognized thcir parents In tho ,lcail n,lios of
tho past. They were l,ott gruvo, until Alice
uttered little hystoricnl Try and dropped
her face In her hands Joo wns instantly DO.
sitlc her
"lts nothing: .Ioc, nothing. i.cn'L read It,
please; pleas, don't. Its no furry! It's SO
very luccr!"